Graziela Barroso

Graziela Barroso
Born1912 (1912)
Died2003 (aged 90–91)
NationalityBrazilian
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Brasília
Author abbrev. (botany)G.M.Barroso

Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912–2003) was a Brazilian botanist who has been known as a leading expert of the flora of Brazil, as well as a specialist of Compositae.[1][2] She was Chairman and Professor of the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Brasília, and has published three volumes of Sistemática de Angiospermas do Brasil.[3] The standard author abbreviation G.M.Barroso is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4][5] Retired from the classroom in 1982, her fourth book, Fruits and Seeds, was published in 1999.

Barroso identified over one hundred species, and two bromeliads have been named in her honor: Tillandsia grazielae and Tillandsia barrosoae,[6][7] as well as Philodendron grazielae. More than 25 more plant species identified in recent years have been named after her, such as Dorstenia grazielae (caiapiá-da-graziela) from the Moraceae family and Diatenopteryx grazielae (maria-preta).[8][9] Also, three genera of plants have been named after her: Grazielanthus (from the family Monimiaceae),[10] Grazielia (from Asteraceae family),[11] and Grazielodendron (from Fabaceae family).[12][13]

  1. ^ Pruski, John F. (2004). "Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912-2003)". Taxon. 53 (1): 225–226. doi:10.1002/tax.531001. JSTOR 4135531.
  2. ^ "Graziela Maciel Barroso Canal Ciência - Ibict". www.canalciencia.ibict.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Barroso, Graziela Maciel (1912-2003)". Retrieved 8 January 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  G.M.Barroso.
  5. ^ Erhardt, Walter von; Götz, Erich; Bödeker, Nils; Seybold, Siegmund (2010). The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names. Timber Press. p. 862. ISBN 9781604691153. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Tropicos | Person - Barroso, Graziela Maciel". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. ^ Graeff, Orlando. "Graziela Barroso 1912-2003 - The Tropical Botanist". fcbs.org. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  8. ^ ABC (ed.). "Graziela Maciel Barroso". Academia Brasileira de Ciências. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  9. ^ CNPq (ed.). "Pioneiras da Ciência no Brasil". CNPq. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Grazielanthus Peixoto & Per.-Moura | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Grazielia R.M.King & H.Rob. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Grazielodendron riodocensis H.C.Lima | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  13. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.